yay... it's finally over...

And does anyone else find it ironic that last year, we couldn't find any use for extra outfielders, and now we needed to replace Stewart with a walking wounded Jones ?

and props to the entire bullpen! (*gasp* even JC Romero!) WOW Shaggy was HOT tonight! and Joe Nathan striking out the side... *pant* I love that. striking out the side is HOT.

HOORAY STEWIE!!!

Dick and Bert said it's just a cramp, so I hope he can massage that out by tomorrow night.

Special mention to Cuddles for the game-tying homer in the 9th, and the game-saving stop in the field in extra innings. Guerrier was awesome, too.

Dear Mr. Wig,

Indeed. Cuddles and Shaggy were both muey deserving.

Sincerely,
Batgirl

There are many deserving of an honorable mention for BOD tonight. But I think the consensus BOD would have to be Mr. John Adkins. What a meltdown in the 16th.

Oh and mad props to Cuddy for causing Hermanson's second blown save of the year with that HR and also that game saving stop in extras.

YAY!!! go shannon

2 QUESTIONs TO BAT-GIRL!!!

1. did u see joe mauer had gum on his helment? before justin hit a homerun!! didja see it?
2. how come michael ryan doesn't have long pants like everyone else on the team??

thank u very much,
Mrs Mauer

I completely agree with your choice! Please get better Stewie.
Props to the bullpen....and uh, some Diet Coke.

Dear Mrs. Mauer

1. No! I did not! (Checking Bat TiVo). Oh, Joe, that's just gross.
2. He is wearing his stirrups Old Skool like Dougie M.

Sincerely,
BG

Well, the next time you get gum affixed to yourself, just think "Hey, I'm just like Joe Mauer." I have decided the the chairman is my boyfriend, despite the gum/helmet incident.

Mrs. Mauer,

I was watching the game, but I didn't see gum. Did he have it there for safe keeping or something?

Questioningly,
Hannah

Congrats Stewie!

I took a few pictures of Joe with the gum on his helmet. Click my name.

Not to pout (I did give Shannon permission to hit in MICHAEL!! and end the game), but...what does Michael have to do to get BOD? He is playing so well, getting those key hits and runs and every time he gets aced out for it. He deserves more. Heck I deserve more. You have no idea the stress I endured during his sucking time. But I proudly wore my #5 jersey and brought my fan club sign to the games I have been able to attend (looks like one more coming up Labor day weekend!!!, and even if the BODC won't proclaim him I will. Michael Cuddyer you are the BOD!

I believe every member of the Twins was given the opportunity to be BOD at some point during the game, so Shannon won it fair and square. Congrats, Shannon.

And THANK YOU. From the bottom of my heart.

And thank you, caffeine, for allowing me to be vaguely coherent so far today.

Will #5 EVER be BOD? What does this guy have to do????

The Team Batgirl Boyfriends get BOD priority, so the competition isn't really a level playing field for everyone on the roster. Maybe the Chairman really got shafted by the BODSHC today. All he did was hit 3 doubles, drew a walk, scored 2 runs, drove in 2 more runs, played 16 innings crouched behind the plate while guiding the bullpen through a complete game shutout, and kept the team loose by batting with a wad of gum stuck to the top of his helmet. Batgirl, your Boyfriend is crying for attention out there! What else can the poor boy do??

I saw the gum, too! I thought it was hilarious. I also thought it was the reason he was able to coax a walk -- the pitcher was probably trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with his helmet.

k-bro

I think that most of the team at some point yesterday/today was BOD worthy... and i like the old school pants the way mikey ryan and bartlett and the jackal wear them!

The BOD is revised: Terry Mulholland, for being injured and unavailable. No. 1 reason we stayed in that game.

Does anyone have a picture of Joe's gum-on-helmet look? It doesn't show in the picture of him admiring his double (in the 16th?).

And what is this about players admiring their hits? Doesn't anyone run out of the box anymore? Joe did it at least once and Lew stared at his magic roller to third for at least 45 feet of his sprinting-neck-twist to first.

Dear all-

Shannon Stewart, of recent slumping, managed to contribute, of course and I do adore him.
However. Without Michael Cuddyer's homer plus beautiful catch in (?) inning there would be no Twins win. Me thinks team BG was mucho tired when BOD was, ah, calculated.

Sincerely,

kal

Dearest Batgirl,

despite certain insinuations in this comment thread, there is no question in my mind that you selected the right BOD. Kudos to you, and to Stewie!

All the best,
Sooz

When you play 16 innings and get 20 hits on the way to a 9-4 win over the Bitch Sox, there will be many potential BODs. That said, I would be in the Cuddyer camp. Did anyone really hold out much hope of tying the game in the 9th against a guy who had one blown save all year? And that play in the 11th was the #2 web gem on SportsCenter... when it came off the bat, the game looked like it was over.

Oh, and the BitchSox announcers did point out the gum on Mauer's helmet. They seemed to think it may have been a practical joke played by a teammate. Personally, I think sometimes you just dont want to be chewing at the plate but you think you might once you get on base... and where else ya gonna put it?

Stewie hurt his groin? Is that a nice way of saying he managed to get AJ to kick him in the nuts?

Dear Hannah (the second)
I don't kno!!! but it was soo funny!!! haha it was when justin hit his homerun when joe got walked it was like huge it was pink to!

from
Mrs. Mauer

My darlings,

At about the 12th or 13th inning, Batgirl screamed at the television, "WHOEVER HITS IN THE WINNING RUN GETS B.O.D.!" While Cuddles was more than deserving, Batgirl feels that, even though she said those words in a moment of great emotional strife, she should not go back on them lest the Twins don't take her seriously next time, and thus lose in extra innings. I think you'll all agree.

Seriously yours,
Batgirl

Two things:
1. Frightwig posted pictures of the gum on Chairman's batting helmet on his blog, Sundappled Wood. See the list of links on the left side of the main page.

2. Since I didn't see the game and fell asleep somewhere around the 13th or 14th inning, I will agree with the BODSHC. No backtalk from me.

wildchild, you are probably right! bad timing, though...

With all due respect, BG, it had to be Shaggy. There are a lot of non-sexual man-crushes on Shaggy going on around the Twin Towns this morning. All he does is throw strikes and get outs -- kinda like the Radke of old. Although kudos to the reader who pointed out that Mulholland's injury was the real reason they pulled it out last night.

While I may respectfully disagree with the final decision, I can't argue with the rationale, BG.

Integrity above all else. A girl is only as good as her word. (and it's not like Stewie sucked or somethin)

mediawhore, I said that last night about Shaggy. Made him my temporary man-crush best buddy (don't know how it works when the fan is a guy)

Though I gave huge props to JC for being able to go two innings without giving up a run. Especially against Chi's lineup.